The second highest incidence of recorded tornadoes is in Canada, which averages about 100 tornadoes per year.
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Kansas comes in second place with 3735 tornadoes recorded from when records began in 1950 until 2011. It falls between Texas (at 8006) and Oklahoma (at 3408).
That would be Texas, with 4,949 recorded tornadoes.
The states with the most recorded tornadoes in the past 30 years (1984-2013) are:Texas (4,247)Kansas (2,419)Florida (1,781)Oklahoma (1,719)Nebraska (1,613)Iowa (1,430)
The center part of the U.S. from Texas to Iowa has the most tornadoes. Florida is also a hot spot.
Oklahoma has the second highest number of tornadoes
The largest amount of snow recorded in Ames, Iowa was 3.4 inches.
Texas has the highest number of recorded tornadoes, at over 7,700 since official records began in 1950.
Tornadoes are most common in the region called Tornado Alley, which stretches roughly from Texas to South Dakota and Iowa.
No, Canada comes in second for tornadoes.
There were 866 recorded tornadoes in the U.S. in 1980. Note however that at this point in history a significant portion of weak tornadoes were missed and most tornadoes are weak. The actual number of tornadoes was probably significantly higher than this figure.